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Blackhawks to meet St. Louis Blues in First Round of Stanley Cup Playoffs

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The Chicago Blackhawks will launch the 2016 Stanley Cup Playoffs, the team’s eighth consecutive appearance in the postseason, when they face the St. Louis Blues in the best-of-seven First Round series beginning with Game 1 at Scottrade Center on Wednesday, April 13, at 8:30 p.m. and Game 2 on Friday, April 15, at 7 p.m.

Games 3 and 4 will be held at the United Center on Sunday, April 17, at 2 p.m. and Tuesday, April 19, at 8:30 p.m. If necessary, the Blues will host Game 5 on Thursday, April 21, the Blackhawks will host Game 6 on Saturday, April 23, and St. Louis will host Game 7 on Monday, April 25 (times TBD). All times listed are Central.

The Blackhawks finished the 2015-16 regular season with a 47-26-9 record (103 points) and earned the third seed in the NHL’s Central Division. Chicago has reached the Stanley Cup Playoffs for eight consecutive seasons for the first time since 1990-97 and currently holds the third-longest active postseason appearance streak. The Blackhawks became the only team to post six 100-point seasons since 2008-09 and the third team to do so in each of the last three seasons (ANA, STL).

Chicago posted a 2-0-3 record against St. Louis during the regular season. This marks the 12th Stanley Cup Playoff matchup between Chicago and the Blues; the Blackhawks won their most recent series in the 2014 Western Conference First Round 4-2.

Below is a complete game schedule of the Blackhawks First Round series. Game 3 will be televised nationally by NBC, while Games 1, 2 and 4 will air locally on CSN Chicago (television coverage for Games 5-7 is TBD). All seven contests are available on WGN Radio AM-720, WGNRadio.com and the WGN Mobile App. The Blackhawks Media Relations Department will release updated practice information each day throughout the series.